Best headphones for music 2025: Our definitive guide | Louder
Sep 11, 2024 · Take your private listening to the next level with my pick of the best headphones for music - from sleek wireless earbuds to chunky noise-cancelling headphones
Every Linkin Park album ranked from worst to best | Louder
Nov 25, 2024 · Linkin Park’s final album is also their most incoherent and misguided. After returning to the nu metal approach of their early albums on its predecessor The Hunting Party, the band decided it was time to turn the page again and go full pop.To do this, they brought in outside songwriters who’d worked with Sia, Kelly Clarkson and 5 Seconds Of Summer to give the songs a glimmering sheen ...
Every Eminem album ranked from worst to best | Louder
Aug 19, 2024 · (Image credit: Shady Records) All but abandoning the edgier side he’d revisited on The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem went full hip-pop for album number nine, pulling in guest appearances from Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran and 'levelling up' his production with a stadium rock sheen that made the likes of Recovery look like basement recordings. The result is a bloated and largely forgettable, if ...
The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2024 - Louder
Feb 5, 2024 · Alcest - TBC. No word yet on when Alcest’s seventh album might arrive, but we know it’s in the pipeline. Frontman Neige finished writing the music back in May 2022. A few months later the band posted: “We just finished writing the drums for the new album and progressed on our pre-productions, surrounded by ethereal, inspiring landscapes.
The 20 greatest My Chemical Romance songs ever - Louder
May 27, 2024 · Across four iconic albums, My Chemical Romance helped spearhead the 2000s emo boom. Formed by frontman Gerard Way in 2001. their blend of post-goth angst, high-kicking theatrics and comic book-inspired concepts turned them into one of the biggest rock bands of the decade. They split in 2013, but reunited just six years later to headline festivals. While there’s still no sign of a new MCR ...
Everything you need to know about Sleep Token | Louder
Oct 23, 2023 · Melding R&B, pop and downtuned djent guitars, Sleep Token aren’t your “typical” heavy band. Where ballads like Bloodsport or Drag Me Under employ soft piano, others like Gods or Vore lean far more into extremity, with screamed vocals and heaving breakdowns.The Summoning, one of the first singles released from this year’s Take Me Back To Eden album, went viral on TikTok thanks to its ...
Ghost’s Mary On A Cross: the meaning of the song - Louder
Dec 19, 2022 · According to the band’s own mythology, Mary On A Cross dates back to 1969, when an early version of Ghost dipped its fingers in the psychedelic waves of the dying decade. Despite being fronted by a swaggering, handsome clergyman known as Papa Nihil, this groovy 60s incarnation of Ghost failed to set the world on fire.It was only when Papa Nihil made his 21st Century reappearance with the ...
Every Metallica album ranked from worst to best | Louder
Mar 15, 2024 · With most recent LP 72 Seasons now firmly bedded into their considerable back catalogue, we decided to rank every single Metallica studio album from worst to best. In the interest of keeping things straightforward and fair, we didn't include the S&M live albums or their classic covers album Garage Inc, nor their bold but divisive Lulu experiment with Lou Reed.
Bruce Springsteen: "I Saw Rock’N’Roll Future!” | Louder
Jul 2, 2024 · Everything changed on May 9, 1974, when Springsteen supported Bonnie Raitt at the Harvard Square Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Watched by Rolling Stone writer Jon Landau, the singer pulled off the most important gig of his career – and one of the most legendary shows in the annals of rock history. It wasn’t just the night Bruce Springsteen saved his career – it was the night he ...
Best earplugs for concerts 2025: gig-ready protection, tested
Dec 2, 2024 · With their subtle, stylish design and suitability for loud music, the Vibes Hi-Fidelity earplugs are a great choice for live music lovers. They offer up to 22db of hearing protection and are streets ahead of the cheaper one-and-done foam models.